Pressure
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| What is pressure caused by? | Force
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| How can pressure on an object be increased? | (i) Increase the size of the force
(ii) Decrease the size of the area that the force is acting on
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| Define pressure. | pressure = force/area
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| What is the unit of pressure? | Pascal (Pa)
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| What does pressure in a liquid depend on? | Depth
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| What happens to atmospheric pressure as height increases? | It decreases
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| What is used to measure pressure? | A pressure gauge
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| What is used to measure atmospheric pressure? | A barometer
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| What are meteorologists? | Scientists who study and forecast the weather
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| What kind of weather is present in areas of low pressure? | Wet and windy
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| What kind of weather is present in areas of high pressure? | Dry and settled
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| What are every day applications of pressure? | (i) flight
(ii) hydraulics
(iii) water supply system
(iv) medicine
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